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Treatment is given by trained staff called nuclear medicine specialists or radiation therapists. Radiation therapy is usually given in private clinics or large hospitals. In internal radiation therapy, radioactive material is put in thin tubes and placed in your body near the cancer.

In external beam radiation therapy, a machine directs radiation at the cancer and surrounding tissue. Radiation therapy is given from outside (external beam) or inside the body (brachytherapy).

relieve symptoms - if cure is not possible, radiation therapy may be used to reduce cancer symptoms and prolong a good quality of life.

help other treatments - radiation therapy can be used before or after other treatments to make them more effective.

control - radiation therapy can control some cancers by making them smaller or stopping them from spreading.

cure - some cancers can be cured by radiation therapy alone or combined with other treatments.In some cases it is used with chemotherapy. Adjuvant radiation therapy may be used to shrink the cancer before surgery, or after surgery, to stop the growth of any remaining cancer cells. Radiation therapy may be the main treatment, or may be used to assist another treatment. It can also be used to reduce the size of the cancer and relieve pain, discomfort or other symptoms. Radiation therapy can be used to treat the primary cancer or advanced cancer. Radiation therapy uses x-rays to destroy or injure cancer cells so they cannot multiply.